Career Development Workshops
Make Them Want You: Secrets to a Successful Interview
Job interviews are inherently a bit stressful. Beyond researching the company and dressing to impress, there are dozens of small things we must do to ensure we leave a potential employer wanting to know just how soon we can start. This presentation helps job seekers avoid playing the woulda, coulda, shoulda game by learning exactly what employers are looking for regardless of the specific field or position. Both in-person and virtual interviews are discussed.
“Your interviewing tips and tricks made me look at getting through a tough job interview with mind boggling questions as a breeze. I cannot wait to learn more great career development tips and skills from you. Thanks for a great event.”
—Deedra Mills, Morgan State MBA student
Positioning Yourself for Professional Success
This course helps entry- and mid-level professionals better manage their careers. Topics include creating a career plan to guide your professional growth, preparing action plans for developing or enhancing necessary skills, improving your brand, and marketing yourself more effectively.
Your Career Starts Now: Positioning Yourself for Professional Success
In an environment that is more competitive than ever, what must undergraduates to do ensure they can actually compete? In this interactive session with short exercises, Chaz answers this question. She further keys students in on what they should be doing now to make themselves more marketable upon graduation, and provides strategies to position themselves for success after college and throughout their careers.
“Your Career Starts Now” was as uplifting as it was informative. Offering practical advice and strategies for avoiding the pitfalls women often face in starting a career, Chaz urged us to live up to our potential and not settle for less than what we’re worth. Her enthusiasm for empowering young women is clear, and her real-life examples of success stories gave me the encouragement I need as a college senior figuring out the next step!”
—Alison Lutz, SUNY Plattsburgh student
Be Who You Say You Are: Building & Maintaining a Positive Image
Image really is everything, but too many recent graduates enter the workforce not looking or acting like the young professionals employers expect. In this amusing but serious session, Chaz discusses how important it is for undergrads and those starting out in their careers to ensure the image they are presenting is a positive one that deserves respect. She talks about the traits needed to succeed in a professional environment, as well as the ones that will prevent people from moving up in their careers.
Handling Conflicts in the Workplace
The ability to work well with people of diverse backgrounds and varying personalities is a necessity for those who want to progress in their careers. In this workshop, Chaz discusses how to communicate in a proactive and positive way when involved in conflicts. Participants are given keys to remember as they work alongside their peers and engage in fun role play exercises to drive the points home.
Go to Work Happy: Increasing Job Satisfaction & Effectiveness
This workshop puts participants on the path toward feeling more fulfilled at work through helping them assess their current level of job satisfaction and effectiveness, build a plan to increase job satisfaction and grow within their organizations, enhance their personal brand, and improve communication and collegiality with colleagues and supervisors.
Writing a Winning Resume
For every one position, an employer may get 100+ resumes. This workshop shows job seekers how to craft resumes that will go to the top of the heap and result in an interview. Topics covered include the characteristics of an effective resume, different ways to format a resume based on one’s career history, what information should be included in a resume, faux pas to avoid, and what you should consider when designing your resume.
“This webinar was one of the best I have participated in. The presenter was knowledgeable, organized and kept on message. The information will be especially helpful in revising my resume. I thought my resume was decent, but now I know it needs a lot of work. Thank you!
—National Parks Service employee, Resume Writing & Interviewing Webinar